Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1887-05-19
MICHIGAN MATTERS.
,olIetIns From the AgrIcultural COLLEGE.

Bulletins From the Agricultural College.
For the May crop report returns have
been received from 965 correspondents
representing 10 townships. Six hundred
and forty of these returns are from AS
townships i'm the southern four tiers of
counties, and 1853 reports are from i44
townships in the cen raj counties. Cor
respondents this month. almost without
exception, note the severity of the drought.
Wheat on sandy soil made very good
growth during April, but on clay soil the
growth was very unsatisfactory. The av-
erage condition i'm the southern counties
is eighty-Seyen per cent. comparison be-
ing with vitality and growth of average
years. In all of the counties in the first and
second tiers from the south line of the
state. except Jackson, and in Allegan and
Macomb of the third tier, the condition Is
below ST. the average for the southern
four tiers: while in Jackson in the second
tier. and i'm all of the counties of the third
and fourth tiers except Allegan and Ma
comb. the condition equals or exceeds 81.
The average condition of wheat in the
central counties is "a, and in the northern
counties %. Very little wheat will be
plowed up because wnter-killed or other
wise destroyed, yet considerable area
that would otherwise be plowed up will
be saved only because ''seeded down"
Reports have been received of the guam
tity of wheat marketed by farmers during
the month of April at 230 elevators and
mills. OF these 1877 are in the southern
four tiers Of counties, which is 80 per cent.
and 81 are in the fifth and sixth tiers of
counties, which is 33 per cent of the whole
number in these sections respectively.
The total number of bushels reported
marketed is 504, sol, of which $50, 936
bushels were marketed in the first or
southern tier of counties, 165, sos bushels
in the second tier, 95, bushels in the
third tier, IS. 523 bushels in the fourth
tier, 23.9 bushels in the fifth and
sixth tiers and 500 bushels in the northern
counties. At 40 elevators and mills, or II
per cent. Of the whole number from which
reports have been received, there was no
wheat marketed during the month. The
total number of bushels of wheat reported
marketed in August, September, October,
November, December, January, February.
March and April is II, $50, 45l, or about 43
per cent. of the crop of 1886. The num-
Der of bushels reported marketed In the
same months of 1885 and 1886 was IL, $685.
455 or Al per cent. Of the crop OF 1885.
For these months in 1856 reports were
received from about As per cent. and in
1861 from about SO per cent. of the ele-
vators and mills in the southern four tiers
of counties.
Glover, like wheat, is badly injured.
Correspondents in the southern counties
estimate that no less than eleven per cent.
is so far destroyed and that it will he
plowed up. The condition of clover mead
ows and pastures Is 81 in the southern, SO
in the central and 93 in the northern coun-
ties. In condition. horses are returned at
o.; cattle, "a: sheep. 90, and swine SO.
These figures are for the state.
Apples promise IS per cent and peaches
~ per cent. of an average crop. The re-
port for peaches is for living healthy trees,
of which there are not many in the inter-
Tor and eastern parts of the state.